1、 现代热门词汇词义新解B 2008-01-30 来源：中国日报 B超 type-B ultrasonic八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)巴黎航空公约(
2、1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody霸权主义 hegemonism吧台 bar counter把握大局 grasp the overall situation 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.八卦 Eight
3、Diagrams; bagua八卦（娱乐） gossip拔河(游戏) tug-of-war 摆花架子 a metaphor for presenting an attractive facade but in reality lacking substance, do for show白金汉宫 Buckingham Palace拜金主义 money worship白领犯罪 white-collar crime白领工人 white-collar worker白领工人 White collar (早在 1928年，人们开始用 white-collar来形容非体力劳动者，如老师、公务员等。“白领”顾
4、名思义，表示其职业要求着装整齐、清洁。)百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle百年老店 century-old shop白皮书 white paper白热化 white heat现代热门词汇词义新解B 2008-01-30 来源：中国日报 白色农业 white agriculture白色污染 white pollution摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.百般拖延 do everything to postpone拜把兄弟 sworn brothers 摆架子 put o
5、n airs 白马王子 Prince Charming 拜年 pay a New Years visit 摆平 straighten sth out; sort out摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances白色行情表 white sheet 白色农业 “white agriculture (also called “white engineering agriculture“; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)“ 白手起家 s
6、tarting from scratch 白雪公主 Snow White 半边天 half the sky班车 shuttle bus半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products板儿寸 crew cut办公室设备 office equipment办公自动化 OA (Office Automation) 半官方贸易 semi-official trade颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony半决赛 semifinal半决赛四强 four semifinalists半拉子工程 uncompleted project
7、 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building 斑马线 zebra crossing班门弄斧 teach ones grandma to suck eggs办年货 do New Years shopping 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household版权法 copyright law版权贸易 copyright business版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted伴生矿 associated minerals版税率 royalty rate半托 day care (for kids) 半脱产 partly r
8、eleased from productive labor; partly released from ones regular work 伴宴人员 escort 搬运工人 transport worker帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag 办公室里闲聊 chat around the water cooler; wa
9、ter cooler chat棒球运动记者 scribe 办丧事 conduct a funeral包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy保持清醒头脑，增强忧患意识和历史责任感 remain sober-minded, become more aware of potential problems and enhance our sense of histo
10、rical responsibility保兑银行 confirming bank暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)报复性关税 retaliatory duty包干到户 work contracted to household包干制 overall rat
11、ioning system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell曝光 make public; expose保护关税 protective duty/tariff保护价格 protective price保护伞 protective umbrella保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of c
12、onsumers保护主义 protectionism包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane报价单 quotation of prices保健按摩 therapeutic massage保健操 health exercises保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission 保健品 health care products保健食品 health-care food 报界 the press爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up暴力片 splat
13、ter film保龄球 bowling保龄球馆 bowling alley保释 on bail保税仓库 bonded warehouse保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad保息股票 guaranteed stock报销 apply for reimbursement包销人
14、underwriter包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products保障措施 supporting measures保证金账户 margin account保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarant
15、ee period包装精美 delicately packed包装业 package industry保安员 security staff包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households保持共产党员先进性 keep CPC members progressive, innovative and forward-thinking保持国有股 keep the State-held shares 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression) 包干到户 work contracted to households
